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Spas and skin care studios in the Muncie, IN metro area

The spas and skin care studios in the Muncie, IN metro area, the household spending behind them and how the market ranks against other metro areas.

Groundwork market score · out of 100

Score 41 out of 100: Lower middle

Ranked #270 of 387 scored metro areas
#9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana

Listings
41
3 chain locations (7%)
Official establishments
10
Businesses with payroll, 2023
Household spending a year
$39.2M
On personal care products and services · $847 a household
Spending per listing
$956K
9% above the U.S.
Listings per 10k households
8.9
23% below the U.S.
Population, 2025
113,106
+1.2% since 2020

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Survey estimates 2020–2024 · population estimates 2025 · official business counts 2023 · map listings September 2026 · Data credits · How we measure

What this means

Map listings as of September 2026 show 41 spas and skin care studios in the Muncie metro area. Chain locations make up 7% of them, against 10% across the U.S. That is 8.9 per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.5.

Households in the Muncie metro area spend about $39.2M a year on personal care products and services, or $847 per household, 16% below the U.S. average. That works out to $956K per studio, 9% above the U.S. figure of $876K. That spending covers all personal care products and services, which spas and skin care studios share with other businesses in the trade.

Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in the Muncie metro area in 2023. That is one for every 4,626 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

Population estimates put the population change in the Muncie metro area from 2020 to 2025 at +1.2%, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). For spas and skin care studios, the Muncie metro area has a Groundwork market score of 41 (lower middle): #270 of 387 scored metro areas and #9 of 12 scored metro areas based in Indiana.

How the Muncie metro area compares

The same measures for Indiana and the whole U.S. Spending per listing divides a year of household spending on all personal care products and services by the spas and skin care studios counted, so it measures the demand for each competitor, not any business’s revenue. Households per establishment does the same with the official count.

Spas and skin care in Muncie, IN metro area compared with Indiana and the U.S.
MeasureMuncie metro areaIndianaU.S.
Listings per 10k households8.98.911.5
Spending per listing$956K$1.1M$876K
Households per official establishment4,6264,9384,055
Official establishment growth, 2019–2023n/a+20.1%+29.8%
Population growth, 2020–2025+1.2%+2.7%+3.1%
Spending per household on personal care products and services$847$971$1,005
Median household income$58,127$71,957$80,734
Groundwork market score4158

Official counts and lending

Businesses

Official establishments, 2019 to 2023
10
Employees, 2023
33
Annual payroll, 2023
$539K
One-person businesses, 2023
Not publishedNot published for this business type
Map listings, September 2026
413 chain locations
Listings at the U.S. rate for this spending
45The U.S. ratio of listings to household spending, applied here

SBA-backed loans since fiscal 2022

Loans
0
Amount
$0

SBA-backed loans to businesses classed as other personal care services in the Muncie metro area, through June 2026, placed by the borrower’s ZIP code. Official establishments are businesses with payroll; the official counts leave out places with fewer than 3.

Population and households in the Muncie metro area

Population, 2025 estimate
113,106+1.2% since 2020
Households
46,256
Median age
38.6
Homes lived in by their owners
66%
Vehicles per household
1.8
Land area
392 sq. mi.
People per square mile
286
Median household income
$58,127+33.6% vs. 2015–2019, before inflation
Average household income
$73,454
Median home value
$139,400
Jobs located here
44,237
Daytime population
112,299Residents who don’t work, plus everyone whose job is here

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Spas and skin care across Indiana

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The highest-scoring metro areas in Indiana for spas and skin care studios, numbered among those based in Indiana (a market based in another state is listed without a number), with the Muncie metro area marked.

Top metro areas in Indiana

Metro areas in Indiana ranked for spas and skin care studios by Groundwork market score
MarketScoreListingsPer 10k householdsSpending per listingPopulation growthU.S. rank
Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN757017.7$1.3M+2.7%#17 of 387
1Columbus, IN72298.7$1.2M+4.3%#29 of 387
2Bloomington, IN62497.2$1.3M+2.0%#75 of 387
3Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN6090210.7$973K+5.4%#96 of 387
4Fort Wayne, IN591518.3$1.2M+3.9%#104 of 387
5Michigan City-La Porte, IN58327.3$1.3M−0.9%#110 of 387
6Elkhart-Goshen, IN57588.0$1.2M+0.9%#118 of 387
7South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI56927.2$1.3M+0.1%#130 of 387
8Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN56687.5$1.2M+2.1%#131 of 387
Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN564658.3$1.1M+2.9%#134 of 387
9Muncie, IN41418.9$956K+1.2%#270 of 387

Other business types in the Muncie metro area

Each with its Groundwork market score here, out of 100, where it has one.

Questions

How many spas and skin care studios are in the Muncie, IN metro area?

There are 41 spas and skin care studios on map listings in the Muncie metro area as of September 2026. 3 of them (7%) are chain locations. The listings count spas, skin care, waxing, lash and tanning studios. Official counts show 10 businesses with payroll classed as other personal care services in 2023.

How much do households in the Muncie, IN metro area spend on personal care products and services?

About $39.2M a year, or $847 per household. That is 16% below the U.S. average (an index of 84, where 100 is the U.S. average). Spread across the 41 spas and skin care studios on map listings, it comes to $956K per studio. The spending figure covers all personal care products and services, not only spas and skin care studios. It is estimated from the incomes of the 46,256 households in the Muncie metro area and national spending patterns by income.

How does the Muncie, IN metro area compare with the U.S. for spas and skin care studios?

The Muncie metro area has 8.9 spas and skin care studios per 10,000 households, 23% below the U.S. rate of 11.5. Spending per studio is $956K, 9% above the U.S. figure of $876K. At the national ratio of spas and skin care studios to household spending, the Muncie metro area would have about 45, against 41 on map listings. There is one business with payroll in the industry for every 4,626 households, against one for every 4,055 across the U.S.

How fast is the Muncie, IN metro area growing?

Population estimates put the Muncie metro area at 113,106 people in 2025, up 1.2% since 2020, slower than the U.S. (+3.1%). It has 46,256 households. Median household income in the Muncie metro area is $58,127, 28% below the U.S. median of $80,734. Against the 2015–2019 survey, the median rose 33.6%, before inflation.

What is the Groundwork market score?

The Groundwork market score runs from 0 to 100 and compares a market with others of its kind for one business type: states with states, metro areas with metro areas, small-town markets and counties with their own. It weighs household spending per competitor (35%), households per business with payroll (25%), population growth (20%) and spending power (20%), each ranked against those peers. A higher score means that, taken together, the market has more household spending and more households for each business already there, faster population growth and more spending per household than similar markets. It describes a market, not any one site or deal. The Muncie metro area scores 41 for spas and skin care studios (lower middle), #270 of 387 scored metro areas.

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